Alcohol is a great solvent and widely used in flavor extracts such as orange and almond concentrating and preserving the essence of flavors.
It's use can add natural flavors to a great variety of recipes.
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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If you're trying to justify your drinking to me after I said "Oh, I don't drink" I'm really gonna think you're an alcoholic because I said nothing to warrant you needing to justify yourself. I just don't like drinking myself.
Almost every single time I have made a comment about how I do not like alcohol, I get a few replies from people trying to justify their consumption to me, as if I said I hate people who drink.
I guess I'm lucky. Since I retired from drinking no one has pushed back when I've declined to partake.
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I drink because I like to support local business. It just happens that the local business I want to support are breweries.
Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you for your service!
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Sometimes the point of alcohol is just to get a little bit drunk.
Similarly, asking anyone to defend their position on why sobriety is superior will eventually have them sound like they are insecure and judgemental.
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If you are in a position where you need to defend your booze consumpion, you're probably an alcoholic.
Not really. Say you have one beer a week after mowing the yard. I could say, "If you aren't addicted, then just quit."
I could say, "If you aren't addicted, then just quit."
Did anyone actually tell you that 1 beer a week is too much? Because it's not a real case scenario in my mind.
And even if they really did it's probably their own problem, and you don't really have to defend yourself for doing that.
In any other case, if a person tells you "hey, tone it down with the booze" you probably should.
This sounds like it starts from the assumption that it can only be consumed for the effect, not the taste.
I drink once, maybe twice every year, and never more than 2-3 drinks. And I specifically either sip a finger of Jägermeister, a White Russian, or expensive gin tonics (Scapegrace is brilliantly rich and nuanced, for instance), because I enjoy the taste.
What I do not enjoy is getting drunk. Not only because the following two days are worse than death, but especially because I don't like how my body slips out of my control and how it encourages my mind to drift toward the dark place.
You drink alcohol EVERY YEAR?! Wow, look at this boozehound over here.
I think alcohol like music can not be separated from its effect upon the mind. I think those effects are entirely the point we take it, I think if it was just taste you would not drink your White Russian. I think when you drink it it is because you want to visit or at least be reminded of your dark place. Like all drugs it is vital not to ignore the positive effects they can have while also being very aware of the long term negative consequences. As to answering the original question I think if you drink less than the average it is permissible to give as your reasons that you sometimes like the way it makes you feel. You drink in the same way you put on music, not because of the sound or the taste but because it takes you to somewhere else and for a little while that is where you needed to be.
These are a lot of assumptions about a person you don't know.
As a counterexample, if there were any other substance which could replace vodka and coffee liqueur in their entirety while not containing alcohol, I'd drink Virgin White Russians all day long. Same goes for Jäger. And I have already tried some non-alcoholic gins and they entirely miss the pungency, which is the very element which confers alcohol its unique taste.
No, I genuinely do not like alcohol for its effects. It is not my jam. If I want to enjoy both the buzz and safe dips into my dark place, I smoke a doobie.
As for your argument about music, I think this is the wrong point of comparison. If you're referring to a strictly emotional reaction, taste has that covered all on its own.
I love the taste!
I'm also addicted to the substance.
All due respect, I cannot speak for your situation, but neither does your situation for everyone else who likes to sip alcohol.
I cannot stand the taste of cinnamon or licorice, but I don't believe addiction is required to be able to enjoy them.
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"I drink infrequently"
"I drink a few drinks a month"
"I dont drink more than a few times a year."
Nah, there are lots of ways to do this
"Why don't you just stop drinking for good then?"
That would be an extraordinarily rude response to those statements and I would seek to stay way the fuck away from anyone with that obvious of a behavioral issue.
"Because my consumption isn't problematic."
Like the person who is only drinking a half dozen times a year doesn't have a relationship with alcohol at all. They don't even think about it in a regular day. The only person who would hear a red flag in those responses is someone who does have a relationship with alcohol, and it's probably not a good one.
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You can't explain anything to people who will intentionally misunderstand you and assume the worse.
Cause they want to have “a drink” occasionally.
Why would somebody need to defend it lol
If you don't like it don't do it, if you like it do it.
Why would you need to defend anything?
So nobody takes your booze.
You need different friends.
That's a pretty subjective statement as it really depends on whom you're defending it to. Does consuming any amount of alcohol make one an alcoholic? I suppose differing people will have differing definitions.
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It's actually quite simple, sounds like you need to change your friend group
Oh, I don't have friends, it was just a shower thought.
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I'm fine with my 12-pack a day of Keystones.
Try it with opiates lol.
I enjoy drinking
Nah I'm alcoholic, why defend it beer makes me happy
Na, fuck alcohol, it's as deadly as rat poison, a little won't kill you but no amount is good for you and the only reason you are defending it is because you think it has some good traits and it doesn't. Maybe it's a good thing it's hard to defend since it is literally poison. Try Pot or Lsd both are less harmful than Alcohol and are more fun
Ah yes. Who hasn't dropped a tab after a long day of work to unwind and rela...
Na, fuck sugar, it’s as deadly as rat poison, a little won’t kill you but no amount is good for you and the only reason you are defending it is because you think it has some good traits and it doesn’t. Maybe it’s a good thing it’s hard to defend since it is literally poison. Try Pot or Lsd both are less harmful than Sugar and are more fun
Fixed that for you.
They're not completely wrong, though. The studies show that no amount of alcohol consumption is healthy for you.
But, they were an asshole for how they said it.
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I don't have a drink problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down. No problem.
I don't abuse alcohol. I love alcohol, so why would I abuse it?